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WESLEY GREEN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 3, 1930 – December 3, 1967
Service recordWesley Green, of Park Hill, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 29
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Defense Missile Unit Commander (1180)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Park Hill, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- WINSTON CLINTON HAMILTONCorporal · December 3, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
From Park Hill
- JESSE LEE RIDGEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- DONALD LOUIS DUNNMaster Sergeant · February 11, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.